34Synonyms found for council

Word Origin & History

council early 12c., from Anglo-Norm. cuncile, from O.N.Fr. concilie, from L. concilium "group of people, meeting," from com- "together" + calare "to call" (see calendar). Tendency to confuse it in form and meaning with counsel has been consistent since 16c.

Example Sentences for council

Already its influence has spread into the secret council chamber, as well as into the laborer's cottage.

Both are former schoolteachers and county council officials.

The council tracks students from the region because of its geopolitical importance.

It hired a lawyer to investigate placement-rate practices on all of its campuses and reported its discovery to the council.

He orders all things and has given us a fine day for our council.

These authors add, that the whole council came into his way of thinking, and made no new law on that point.

But the present council is a pale shadow of past grandeur.

Western governments are unsurprisingly wary of fully endorsing the fledgling council, unsure of whom it represents.

Party nominees have been elected to all five seats on a powerful new media council.

Council members say that they know they would have more authority were they an elected body.